BATTERED AND BRUISED... BUT NOT BROKEN... A 78 YEAR OLD WOMAN.... WHO SURVIVED A HOME INVASION.... TELLS WHAT HAPPENED IN HER HOME TUESDAY MORNING. AND WHY SHE'S STAYING SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR NOW! (i'm scared to come back until they arrest the guy ) FIRST AT FIVE....THE HUNT TO THE FIND THE PERSON WHO DID THIS TO HER. GOOD EVENING. I'M MELISSA FRY. AND I'M ADRIAN WHITSETT. OMAHA POLICE TELL US THERE'S A WARRANT OUT RIGHT NOW FOR A 16 YEAR OLD BOY... IN CONNECTION WITH THIS ATTACK. AND JANET JORDAN áTELLS US POLICE TRACKED HIM DOWN USING FINGERPRINTS TAKEN FROM HER HOME. BUT SHE HAS NO IDEA WHO IT WAS, WHO BROKE INTO HER HOME IN THE DEER PARK NEIGHBORHOOD JUST NORTH OF I- 80. AND WE WERE THERE AS SHE RETURNED HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME. A HOME SHE'S LIVED IN FOR THE PAST 32 YEARS. HERE'S K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S CHINH DOANE WITH A STORY YOU'LL SEE ONLY SEVEN. (JANET JORDAN: "i've never been beaten like this in my life") BEATENED....BRUISED AND TERRIFIED. JANET JORDAN STOPS BY HER HOME AFTER NEARLY TWO DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL... THE 78 YEAR OLD TELLS US WHAT HAPPENED AT HER HOUSE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SHE SAYS IT STARTED WITH A NOISE AT HER FRONT DOOR. AND AS SHE OPENED THE DOOR... AN INTRUDER KICKED IT IN(JANET JORDAN: and that pushed me back and he started beating me with that he said it was a table leg") JORDAN BEGGED HIM TO STOP. SHE SAYS HE WAS AFTER HER T- V BUT HE BROKE IT.... DURING THE ATTACK. AND LEFT HER SO BLOODY SHE COULD BARELY CALL FOR HELP(JANET JORDAN: "blood was coming so bad I could hardly dial the phone cause the phone was getting so bloody" ) THIS GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS THANKFUL SHE WASN'T MORE SERIOUSLY HURT. BUT SAYS SOME THINGS WILL NEED MORE TIME TO HEAL... LIKE THE FEAR SHE NOW HAS BEING BACK INSIDE HER HOME(JANET JORDAN: "I think the night is what's going to bother me if I hear any noise i'm going to be traumatized for awhile") BUT SHE HAS LEARNED A LESSON... SOMETHING SHE WANTS TO PASS ON TO EVERYONE ELSE IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD(JANET JORDAN: "keep your blinds closed don't open the door to anybody don't trust nobody") JORDAN'S ROAD TO RECOVERY ISN'T OVER YET. SHE STILL HAS TO GET STITCHES REMOVED AND ALSO A C-T SCAN FOR THE BLEEDING IN HER BRAIN. AND COMING UP TONIGHT AT TEN... WE'LL HAVE TIPS ON HOW TO STAY SAFE AND HOW TO AVOID BECOMING A VICTIM IN A HOME INVASION. OMAHA CITY COUNCILMAN GARRY GERNANDT IS ONE OF JANET JORDAN'S NEIGHBORS. HE'S LIVED IN THE AREA FOR 67 YEARS....AND SAYS HE CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE ATTACKED JORDAN. HE'S KNOWS HER AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ....( Garry Gernandt: it is tragic we have assaults take place whether they're misdemeanors or felonious. We've had both of those happen recently. Neighborhoods need to pay attention to those and neighbors need to be constantly vigilant and if there's something that just doesn't look right in your neighborhood report it. ) GERNANDT ALSO TOLD US THE DEER PARK ALREADY HAS PEOPLE PATROLLING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IS NOW CONSIDERING PHONE ALERTS TOO.

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